The Odyssey

Homer

Eventually the travelers confront the devil himself in a scene that critics continually link to the descent into the underworld of canto XI of the Odyssey. The meticulous choreography of the rally, for example, immediately evokes the classic Hollywood musical. Kent Jones calls it a “brilliantly imagined Ku Klux Klan rally musical number, in which the standard imagery (white sheets and hoods, torches, members standing in a circle) is merged with the Nuremberg rally, Busby Berkeley production spectacles.” [...] The Coen brothers use the scene to reveal the true identity and nature of these devils-[that] Satan as the heart of all corruption. Moreover the fraudulence of this “brotherhood” recalls the fraudulence of Ulysses’s own attempt to conjure a “brotherhood” out of his crewmen whom he addresses as “brothers”.

Greek Mythology

Write down everything you know about Greek mythology.

Anticipation Guide

• There’s no place like home.
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For each statement, agree or disagree with at least one piece of real world evidence

Consider:

• Personal experience
• Historical events
• Current events
• Literature, film, TV

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Anticipation Guide

• There’s no place like home.
• Winning isn’t everything; it’s how you play the game that counts.
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For each statement, agree or disagree with at least one piece of real world evidence

Consider:

• Personal experience
• Historical events
• Current events
• Literature, film, TV

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Anticipation Guide

• There’s no place like home.
• Winning isn’t everything; it’s how you play the game that counts.
• What goes around comes around.
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For each statement, agree or disagree with at least one piece of real world evidence

Consider:

• Personal experience
• Historical events
• Current events
• Literature, film, TV

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Anticipation Guide

• There’s no place like home.
• Winning isn’t everything; it’s how you play the game that counts.
• What goes around comes around.
• Real men don’t show their sensitive side.
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For each statement, agree or disagree with at least one piece of real world evidence

Consider:

• Personal experience
• Historical events
• Current events
• Literature, film, TV

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Anticipation Guide

• There’s no place like home.
• Winning isn’t everything; it’s how you play the game that counts.
• What goes around comes around.
• Real men don’t show their sensitive side.
• Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

For each statement, agree or disagree with at least one piece of real world evidence

Consider:

• Personal experience
• Historical events
• Current events
• Literature, film, TV

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Anticipation Guide

• There’s no place like home.
• Winning isn’t everything; it’s how you play the game that counts.
• What goes around comes around.
• Real men don’t show their sensitive side.
• Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

• Bounce around the room!
• Speak once until…
• Transitions
• Evidence
• Move!

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Start with #1 (There’s No Place Like Home)

Go to your corners

Discuss with your peers

Share ideas, evidence, reasoning

Write it down! The more, the better.

Five minutes to collaborate before discussion

Anticipation Guide: → Boxing Discussion

• There’s no place like home.
• Winning isn’t everything; it’s how you play the game that counts.
• All’s fair in love and war.
• What goes around comes around.
• Real men don’t show their sensitive side.
• Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

• Respond to what was said before adding your own evidence
• Speak to each other not me
• Disagree with ideas not people
• Rotate sides of argument
• Do not speak twice until everyone on your side has spoken.
• MOVE if convinced!

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Anticipation Guide: → Group Write

• There’s no place like home.
• Winning isn’t everything; it’s how you play the game that counts.
• All’s fair in love and war.
• What goes around comes around.
• Real men don’t show their sensitive side.
• Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

All #1s answer #1

Meet as group and read paragraphs

Select one to revise

RADAR revise it

One person reads aloud to class

Verbal feedback

Group score

Anticipation Guide: → �Group Write

• There’s no place like home.
• Winning isn’t everything; it’s how you play the game that counts.
• All’s fair in love and war.
• What goes around comes around.
• Real men don’t show their sensitive side.
• Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Main idea-answer prompt with claim��Evidence-example from history, literature, current events that supports claim��Link- explain background of evidence; connect it with your argument. What is the relationship between your example and your claim? This should be about two sentences.��Transition/conclusion-make the argument relevant to the audience or today’s social/political climate.�

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RADAR

Revision

Anticipation Guide

• There’s no place like home.
• Winning isn’t everything; it’s how you play the game that counts.
• All’s fair in love and war.
• What goes around comes around.
• Real men don’t show their sensitive side.
• Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Pick ONE prompt. Write argumentative MELT.

Main idea-your position�It is indeed true: winning isn’t everything; one’s demonstration of character throughout the contest is what truly counts.

Evidence-example from history, literature, current events�A quintessential example of this is during the semifinals of the women’s 5,000 meter race in the summer Olympics.

Link- explain background of evidence; connect it with your argument. What is the relationship between your example and your claim? This should be about two sentences.�The runner fell, knocked over another runner, the American assisted the New Zealand runner, then the American fell, then the New Zealand runner helped her finish (all with a torn ACL). These women knew winning the race or even reaching the finals was not an option, but it was the spirit of international competition that allowed them to repeatedly act selflessly and create true camaraderie.

Transition/conclusion-make the argument relevant to the audience or today’s social/political climate.�While it may be a stretch to award a participation trophy to ever contestant in an event, winning the championship trophy is not the most pivotal lesson of competition; defining one’s character is the true victory in competition.

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Introduction to Mythology

& Characters

Read at least one line.

Read at most one paragraph.

Power through pronunciations!

Rotate 1-4 table spots.

Rotate tables 1-8.

What would you do? (respond in writing/journal section)

• You have been shipwrecked on an island. You meet a god/goddess who falls in love with you and wants you to stay with them forever. In return they will make you immortal. However, all you really want to do is get home and be with your family. What do you do; which do you choose? Why?�
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What would you do?

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• Your partner/spouse goes off to war and never returns. Ten years pass, and there is no word on what happened to him/her. A lot of people are interested in you-they want to date you and maybe marry you. You haven’t given up hope that your partner is alive, but you also feel the need to move on with life. What do you do?�
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What would you do?

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• You are a young man or woman living with your mother. Your father has been presumed dead. A large group of men have come courting for your mother, who doesn’t want to believe her husband is dead. Since she refuses to pick one of them, they stay at your house, eating you out of house and home. They are loud and rude to you. You want to get rid of them, but there is only one of you, and dozens of them. What do you do?

Battle of Troy (Trojan War)

Odysseus as brilliant hero

Narrative input chart!

Roman Numerals

Components of Epics (in your content notes section)

Epic Hero-super human strength, craftiness, and confidence; helped and harmed by interfering gods, embodies values admirable to culture, victorious in perilous situation

Epic Plot-long journey full of complications (strange creatures, divine intervention, large scale events, treacherous weather)

Epic Setting-fantastic or excotic lands; more than more nation

Archetypes-characters, situations, images recognized in many times and cultures (sea monster, wicked temptress, buried treasure, suitors’ contest, epic hero, loyal servant, evil stepmother, funny sidekick, etc.)

Epic Themes (topics)-courage, fate of a nation, homecoming, beauty, loyalty, life/death

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Components of Epics

Epic Hero-

• superhuman strength, craftiness, and confidence
• helped and harmed by interfering gods
• embodies values admirable to culture
• victorious in perilous situation

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I would write:

Epic Hero:

superhuman skills, god interference, cultural reflection, victorious

Components of Epics

Epic Plot: long journey full of complications (strange creatures, large scale events, treacherous weather)

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I would write:

Epic Plot:

excessively long, complicated journey - battles, creatures, and adverse weather

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Components of Epics

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Epic Setting-fantastic or exotic lands; more than more nation

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I would write:

Epic Setting: many fantasy lands

Components of Epics

Archetypes-characters, situations, images recognized in many times and cultures (sea monster, wicked temptress, buried treasure, suitors’ contest, epic hero, loyal servant, evil stepmother, funny sidekick, etc.)

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I would write:

Archetypes: similar characters, battles, symbols across stories

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Archetypes: characters recognized in many times and cultures

Antinous: Bad Boy / Bully

Athena: Mentor

Circe: Femme Fatale (mysterious & seductive woman)

Eumaeus: Loyal Companion

Eurycleia: Nurse / Caretaker

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Eurymachus: Charmer

Hermes: Messenger

Laertes: Father / Patriarch

Odysseus: Hero

Penelope: Faithful Partner

Poseidon: Saboteur / Envious enemy

The Sirens: Temptresses

Telemachus: Good Son

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Components of Epics

Epic Themes (topics)-courage, fate of a nation, homecoming, beauty, loyalty, life/death

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I would write:

Epic Themes: lessons learned from hero’s battles

Epic Language (cont. in your content notes section)

Epic poetry: a long, narrative poem told in more than one sitting; it contains many characters and an extremely complex plot that spans many years.

Epic simile: a comparison using like or as developed at great length-it may go on for several lines.

Epithet: a brief descriptive phrase used to characterize a noun. Usually added to adjust meter and syllables. (son of Laertes or raider of cities)

Allusion: reference to a famous person, place, event (assumed to be known by audience). Greek Gods in epic.

Epic Language (cont. in your content notes section)

Epic poetry: a long, narrative poem told in more than one sitting; it contains many characters and an extremely complex plot that spans many years.

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I would write:

Epic poetry: LONG story with epic plot

Epic Language (cont. in your content notes section)

Epic simile: a comparison using like or as developed at great length-it may go on for several lines.

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I would write:

Epic simile: simile or great length and detail

Epic Language (cont. in your content notes section)

Epithet: a brief descriptive phrase used to characterize a noun. Usually added to adjust meter and syllables. (son of Laertes or raider of cities)

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I would write:

Epithet: description of noun; phrase

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Examples: swift-footed dogs, high-talking Telemachos, sound-minded Telemachos

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Epic Language (cont. in your content notes section)

Allusion: reference to a famous person, place, event (assumed to be known by audience). Greek Gods in epic.

I would write:

Allusion: referencing something or someone famous

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Homer

Blind & bearded

Little else known!

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Odyssey’s History & Impact

Why people LOVE The Odyssey.

“The Wanderings of Odysseus”

Books 1, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12

Overviews on 1203� Refer back before each reading�Character chart out!

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“In mythology, the Muses were nine goddesses who symbolized the arts and sciences. Today, a muse is a person who serves as an artist's inspiration. Often filmmakers talk about a certain actor being a muse — meaning the actor inspired a movie. Writers, painters, musicians, and other artists have muses” (Vocabulary.com).

Hints:

Read loud!

Pay attention to quotation marks

Muses

Group of sister goddesses

Original goddess of poetry?

Symbolic of arts/sciences

Contemporary inspiration

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Invocation: Read & Discuss

• What conflicts are revealed?
• Why would Homer want us to know ahead of time?

Invocation Translation Assignment

Your Own Epic Invocation �

• Mimic first 17 lines of Book I
• True for you; apply your conflicts/traits
• Student examples as mentor text
• Go line for line on similar descriptions

Your Own Epic Invocation �

• Mimic first 17 lines of Book I
• True for you; apply your conflicts/traits
• Student examples as mentor text
• Go line for line on similar descriptions

Epic Similes: Extended comparisons of hero with everyday life events.

• “Think of a catch that fishermen haul into a half moon bay in a fine-meshed net from the whitecaps of the sea; how all are poured out on the sand, in throes for the salt sea, twitching their cold lives away in Helios’ fiery air; so lay the suitors heaped on one another.”

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Epic Similes: Extended comparisons of hero with everyday life events.

• “Think of a catch that fishermen haul into a half moon bay in a fine-meshed net from the whitecaps of the sea; how all are poured out on the sand, in throes for the salt sea, twitching their cold lives away in Helios’ fiery air; so lay the suitors heaped on one another.”

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In this simile, Homer is comparing the carnage of Homer’s attack against his wife’s suitors to a successful fisherman’s bounty of fresh fish recently brought aboard.

Epic Similes: Extended comparisons of hero with everyday life events.

Identify comparison made in the epic simile below.

2. “Now from his breast into his eyes the ache of longing mounted, and he wept at last, his dear wife, clear and faithful, in his arms, longed for as the sunwarmed earth is longed for by a swimmer spent in rough water where his ship went down under Poseidon’s blows, gale winds and tons of sea.”

Epic Similes: Table Work

As a small group, identify and explain the six epic similes on the handout.

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On the back, please answer:

• What purpose do these epic similes have?
• What do they have in common?

Quiz after book 1-tools

Chart

Rhetorical Terms (in content notes)

• Cacophony-harsh sounding words (brazen, occupation, inscrutable)
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Rhetorical Terms (in content notes)

• Cacophony-harsh sounding words (brazen, occupation, inscrutable)
• Euphony-pleasant sounding words (lyric, music, rendezvous, hullabaloo, turtle)
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Rhetorical Terms (in content notes)

• Cacophony-harsh sounding words (brazen, occupation, inscrutable)
• Euphony-pleasant sounding words (lyric, music, rendezvous, hullabaloo, turtle)
• Assonance-repetition of same VOWEL SOUND (no man knows how old poetry goes)
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Rhetorical Terms (in content notes)

• Cacophony-harsh sounding words (brazen, occupation, inscrutable)
• Euphony-pleasant sounding words (lyric, music, rendezvous, hullabaloo, turtle)
• Assonance-repetition of same VOWEL SOUND (no man knows how old poetry goes)
• Repetition-repeated use of word of phrase
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Rhetorical Terms (in content notes)

• Cacophony-harsh sounding words (brazen, occupation, inscrutable)
• Euphony-pleasant sounding words (lyric, music, rendezvous, hullabaloo, turtle)
• Assonance-repetition of same VOWEL SOUND (no man knows how old poetry goes)
• Repetition-repeated use of word of phrase
• Imagery-using sensory language for description (sight, smell, sound, taste, touch)
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Rhetorical Terms (in content notes)

• Cacophony-harsh sounding words (brazen, occupation, inscrutable)
• Euphony-pleasant sounding words (lyric, music, rendezvous, hullabaloo, turtle)
• Assonance-repetition of same VOWEL SOUND (no man knows how old poetry goes)
• Repetition-repeated use of word of phrase
• Imagery-using sensory language for description (sight, smell, sound, taste, touch)
• Diction: word choice
• Tone: attitude/emotion of speaker

Book V

Review invocation and 2-4 (italics)

Preview Book V

Three readers (1 per page)

Ms. P will read italics

Imagery of Calypso’s Home

Reread lines 9-31

Graphic representation of the home based on details

Draw, paint, sketch, digital options

Book V: Odysseus’s Speech Analysis

• ID one example of each rhetorical device:
• Cacophony-harsh sounding words (brazen, occupation, inscrutable)
• Euphony-pleasant sounding words (lyric, music, rendezvous, beautiful, mother)
• Assonance-repetition of same VOWEL SOUND (no man knows how old poetry goes)
• Repetition-repeated use of word of phrase
• Imagery-using sensory language for description (sight, smell, sound, taste, touch)�
• His ____ diction contributes to his _____ tone. �A few words/phrases he uses to create this tone are: ________.

3. What is Odysseus’s goal in his brief speech? Is he successful? How do you know?

Book V Speech Analysis #3 (goal/objective):

“Odysseus tries to explain to the goddess that because she doesn’t age or die she can wait for anything, but as a mortal, Odysseus does not have the luxury and wishes to return home with what time he has left.”

“Odysseus’s goal in his brief speech was to make it off the island without angering Calypso.”

“Odysseus’s goal in this speech is to explain to the goddess that she is many things Penelope is not; however, it doesn’t matter because he loves his wife and longs for her.”

Components of Epics

Book 5

The Greeks showed great respect for Xenia (a Greek term referring to a stranger and the Code of Hospitality that a civilized** host extends to that stranger). Track the hospitality* of his hosts at each location in addition to epic components

*reception of guests, visitors, strangers�**polite, mannerly

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Books 6-8

Read abbreviated summaries to prep for Book 9 on Monday!

Quiz after book 5-tools

Pick one anonymous crew member of Odysseus. Write a journal entry about the events in book five from his perspective. Set your purpose early: are you impressed, annoyed, scared, or proud?

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Book 5 graphic novel: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=bW9ucm9lcHMubmV0fGhhbGtvdmljfGd4OjQzMDczNzg2YzUwOTgwNDI

Vocab Gestures

Pick a word from Unit 1 (lessons 1-3)

Create a gesture (body movement) to represent that word

Whip around!

Book IX (9)

Review Book V

Read Italics (Ms. P)

Characters

13 (!) readers - one per page

Book IX

Is Odysseus a confident or cocky leader? TRIAC paragraph

Diction and tone of Cyclopes

Modern translation of conclusion

The Cyclops

Reread all of the descriptions of Cyclops’s in Book IX

Copy down phrases that stand out

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Reread all of Cyclops’s dialogue in Book IX

Copy down phrases that stand out�

The Cyclops

Lotus Eaters represent drug addicts…

What group of people might the Cyclops represent? What lead you to this conclusion?

(look at descriptions & dialogue of Cyclops)

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In Homer’s epic poem “The Odyssey,” the Cyclops in Book IX is meant to symbolize ______. One piece of evidence to support this is from page _____ where it says _____.

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TRIAC Paragraph

Topic: introduce subject/argument

Restriction: narrow your focus: what is your claim?

Illustration: textual evidence**

Analyze: explanation of how illustration supports restriction�This quote demonstrates how...This quote shows that...

Conclusion: sassy statement

Odysseus: Confident or Conceited?

Do you view Odysseus as a confident or conceited leader?

Do his words and actions in book nine demonstrate a crafty or cocky captain?

Write one (TRIAC?) paragraph answering this question; you must have two illustrations!

Book IX: What about the crew?

Pretend you are one of Odysseus’s crew members.

Write a letter home to your spouse, mother, child, or friend.

Explain what just happened with the Lotus Eaters and the Cyclops. Convey a strong tone in expressing how you are feeling about being under Odysseus’s watch.

No more than one page front and back!

Book IX: Lit Analysis

• Find one line that is repeated throughout Book 9. Why is that line so important? What is its significance?
• Find two similes in Book 9 and explain the comparison.
• Identify three epithets used in this book. Copy them down.
• What is one allusion in Book 9? What is Ody’s purpose in using it?
• What is the function/purpose of the aside on 1214?
• List all the prophecies mentioned in Book 9. What effect does the knowledge that Odysseus’s men are doomed have on the story? Why does Homer provide this information?
• The poet switches narrative voice at the beginning of the book so that Odysseus can tell his own tale. It is a tale whereby he fills in his own backstory (exposition). What are the advantages and/or disadvantages of Odysseus telling his own story?

Book IX Conclusion

• Reread lines 441-452 where Polyphemos prays to his father to punish Odysseus for blinding him.
• Rewrite these lines in contemporary prose OR poetry.� �

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• Rhythm
• Epithets
• Figurative language
• Cacophony/euphony (the sound of words)
• Comprehension
• Text complexity (vocabulary, sentence structure)

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Elements to consider as you write:

Book IX: Art as Argument: OPTIC

Book X: Foils & Sidekicks

Foil: a character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another to highlight the traits of the other character.

Sidekick: a trusty pals forever trailing in the shadow of alpha figures but often win the hearts of fans

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Book X

Ms. P will read Italics

Two readers (1/page)

Compare/Contrast Books V & X

Three similarities

Three differences

Venn diagram

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Characters

Dialogue

Setting

Conflict

Escape/Leaving

God interference

Hospitality

Etc.

Book X : Creation Myths

Preview

Characters

Italics: Ms. P

One reader

Map & hospitality tracker

Book X: “An Ancient Gesture”

How to identify a theme:

• What are some topics addressed in the story/poem?
• Grief
• Loyalty
• Appearances vs reality�
• What might author be saying about that topic? What is to be learned or understood about it?

Eurylochus

Foil or sidekick?

MELT argumentative paragraph

Main idea-your claim��Evidence-quote or anecdote from story to support claim��Link- explain background of evidence; connect it with your argument. What is the relationship between your example and your claim? Why is it important to look at Eurylochus in this light: what does it reveal about Odysseus? This should be about two sentences.��Transition/conclusion-make the argument relevant to the audience or today’s social/political climate.�

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Pandora’s Box

Chorus 1�Chorus 2�Zeus�Prometheus�Epimetheus�Aphrodite�Hermes�APollo�Pandora�Disease/cruelty/pain/old age/disappointment/hate/jealousy/war/death�Hope

Hades & Persephone

Demeter

Persephone

Hades

Hermes

Helios

Book X

Hades & Persephone: seasons

Pandora’s Box: evil in the world

Echo & Narcissus

Other?

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Steps for Creation Myth:

• Decide what your myth will create: something physical (pandas, tulips, rainbows) or something abstract (grit, forgiveness, love).�
• What gods and goddesses might best be useful in creating your myth? This is not necessary; you could also make one up!�
• Decide your plotline: what is conflict? How is it resolved?�
• Write as reader’s theater. You will perform!

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Book X: Where’s Penelope?

What do you think Persephone is doing during Odysseus’s absence?

Why do you suppose she has not yet been mentioned in the story?

Book X: “An Ancient Gesture”

Graphic Novel

Graphic Novel: Books 1-10

Six frames

What is best portrayed through images?

Minimal text

Color!

Effort > ability

“An Ancient Gesture” Theme Statements

Good: Absence makes the heart grow fonder.�Better: Absence of love often leads to dire situations and drastic decisions by a grieving lover.

Good: When day comes, grief settles.�Better:The curtain of night can highlight one’s loneliness, but each new sunrise can bring gratitude and opportunity for those who seek it.

Good: Love conquers all.�Better:

Theme Statements w/ TAG

Both Homer’s epic The Odyssey and St Vincent’s “An Ancient Gesture” demonstrate how loyalty almost never goes both ways.

Book XI: The Land of the Dead

Introduction to the underworld-handout

Summary

Italics-Ms. P

Four readers: 1 / page

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Tiresias-blind prophet whose spirit Odysseus visits in the underworld

Book XI

Ritual of burials in ancient Greece

Blind prophet paradox

Fate-role in literature, life

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Find that Line!

1. TROUBLE IS IN FRONT OF YOU.

2. DO NOT SAY YOUR NAME, AND KEEP YOUR MEN QUIET TOO.

3. STAY AWAY FROM HELIOS’S CATTLE.

4. YOU WILL BE THE ONLY ONE TO SURVIVE.

5. KILL THE SUITORS.

6. HONOR POSEIDON.

7. YOU WILL LIVE A LONG LIFE.

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Write the quote it its entirety and line #.

Book XI Analysis

• Find the five components of the prophecy and paraphrase them
• Why would Homer want to foreshadow events yet to come? (think characterization, audience engagement, epic-ness, etc.)
• What archetype does Tiresias fit? Name at least two other texts that include that archetype*.

*ideas that show up due to shared cultural experiences, sometimes in otherwise unconnected societies.

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D. Imagery

Identify any examples of imagery. Include a quote from the text.

• Sight
• Sound
• Taste
• Touch
• Smell

“23 Traits of Good Leaders”

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Is Odysseus a ‘good’ leader of his crew?

Main idea-your position while flipping the prompt�Odysseus is truly a good leader for his crew. ��Evidence-example from story (with proper citation)�One critical scene that demonstrates his aptitude for administration is when he…(introduce quote and cite it).��Link- explain evidence; connect it with your argument. Identify how/why it is similar and potential reasoning. What is the relationship between your example and your claim? This should be about two sentences.�According to Rachel Farrell of CareerBuilder.com, Odysseus behavior in this scene exemplifies…��Transition/conclusion-make the argument relevant to the audience �With the current practices of the upcoming elections, it may be a good idea for all people-those running for office and those voting for it-to reevaluate what makes a true leader in the community today.

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Did You Know?

When soldiers came to recruit Odysseus to go to war, he tried to escape enlistment by pretending to be mad. However, they proved his sanity by throwing his infant son, Telemachus, in the way of his plow. Odysseus swerved to miss the child, thereby proving his mental stability.

Think, Pair, Share:

• What are some reasons Odysseus would not want to go off to war?
• What does this tidbit of information reveal about him as a character? Consider his epicness.

Battle in your heart forever...

“wahbegan” by Jim Northrup

Paradox: seemingly contradictory statement that has sublayer of truth��“What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young.” – George Bernard Shaw

�“I can resist anything but temptation.” – Oscar Wilde

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Theme: universal understanding about a topic (honesty, authority, bravery).

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What message or revelation an author is saying about any given topic (war, love, loyalty).

wahbegan

Paradox: “only way to find peace is through death”

Senses: feel/sight: distance reader from subject; less tangible; how could we ever possibly understand?

Theme: war is bad; what can be done about it? How can this trauma be prevented? How can it be treated?

Book XII: Odysseus as a Leader

Write in your writing/journal section.

• What are some traits you look for in a good leader? Why are they important?
• Who are some leaders you feel embody these traits? Think locally, nationally, internationally.
• What are some traits you do not want your leaders to have? Why?
• Who are some leaders you feel embody these traits? Think locally, nationally, internationally.

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Book 12

Summary

Characters

Italics-Ms. P

Readers: 6 (1/page)

Scylla Charybdis

Book XII Passage Analysis

Scylla tone

Odysseus leader

Odysseus as a Leader: lines 143-159

• Ody begins his speech with three rhetorical questions: why does he do this?�
• “By hook or by crook” is a common phrase still used today. What does it mean in this context? Do you think this is idiom is inspirational to his men? Why or why not?�
• What is significant about the way Ody ends this speech? What does it say about him that he puts the onus on his men?�
• Is Odysseus an effective leader? Is he a good leader? What is the distinction?

Book XII

Finish Odysseus as a leader assignment �(lines 143-159)

Create a quiz for books I-XII

Write the answer key!

Part I: Who Said That? �Five important quotes from the story where the student would have to identify speaker.

Part II:Character Matching�Brief descriptions of significant characters mentioned so far in two columns (to match name w/ description)

Part III: Short Answer�One open ended prompt to show critical thinking and analysis of the text.

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Ulysses and the Sirens: page 1231

OPTIC Visual Analysis

Overview: what is happening? Summarize the “action” of the visual w/o analysis��Parts: placement of objects; list everything: color, lighting, and movement in the picture. ��Title: what might it mean? What might it clarify? ��Interrelationships: how do objects or people or colors balance, contradict, or reflect to each other? Look at color, shape, and scale. What is the most important “relationship” in the picture?��Conclusion: What is the argument (message, claim) the artist is trying to convey? �

How to analyze artwork (1192)

“Siren Song” Margaret Atwood

Tone: attitude, emotion of speaker

Imagery: sensory images

POV: who is narrating

Diction: word choice

Read excerpt

Read poem

Complete chart as a small table

AP Student Sample Essays

• Write your analysis paragraph
• Share four at table
• Read sample student essays together
• Pick one of your four to revise/rewrite
• Turn in!

AP Compare/Contrast Essay Practice

Finish chart for “Siren Song”

Read sample student essay

Write one paragraph comparing/contrasting poems � (tone OR point of view OR diction OR imagery)

Vague Debates

• Odysseus is an effective leader.
• Odysseus is not an effective leader.
• Odysseus is appropriately confident.
• Odysseus is overly arrogant.

For each of the four claims, find the best quote (from books I-XII) as evidence

Book 12 Analysis

Compare and contrast Circe’s treatment of Odysseus.

Find two epic similes and explain their comparison.

Is Odysseus arrogant or confident? Is there a difference? Find two lines to support your analysis.

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“The Wanderings” in (at least) 6 Panels

Calypso

Circe

Cyclops

Underworld

Scylla

Charybdis

Sirens

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Detailed, accurate depiction of scene

At least one quote per panel

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http://www.storyboardthat.com/

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/

http://www.toondoo.com/

“The Homecoming”

Books 16, 17, 21, 22, 23

Overviews on page 1241

Book XVI

Preview summary 1241

Read (5 readers: one per page)

I will read italics.

Maps, hospitality (Eumaeus & Telemachus)

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1244

What words are used to describe Telemachus?

How does Telemachus treat Eumaeus? How does he treat Odysseus? What does this tell us about him?

Why might Odysseus and Penelope have chosen a swineherd to help raise their son?

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Ithaka

TP CASTT (on the back)

• Paraphrase each stanza: briefly, succinctly
• Connotations: identify literary devices �(simile, metaphor, personification, anaphora, epistrophe, hyperbole, repetition, etc.)
• Attitude: Tone of speaker→ 4. Shift: where does it change?

5. Theme: What is one possible theme from the poem?

Ithaka Questions!

• Translate this figurative language into literal advice:
• “As you set out for Ithaka/hope the voyage is a long one,/full of adventure, full of discovery.”
• “Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey./Without her you wouldn’t have set out. /She has nothing left to give you now.”

2. Stanza 3: Why did Cavafy choose the word destined?Analyze its significance.

3. What do you think Cavafy is using the journey to Ithaka as an extended metaphor for? Explain.

4. What is one possible (SPECIFIC) audience who could you this advice? Explain.

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Book 16: Sunrise, Sunsets

Motif: recurring image, idea, feature within a text

Sunrise, sunsets are recurring images throughout The Odyssey

What is the significance?

Ithaka Poem

How does the author of this poem use literary devices to convey his theme?

Edmund Keeley is effective in using (A), (B), and (C) to convey (theme).

• “Quote”�1. How device is used (to compare X & Y)�2. Why it is used (why make that comparison, personify that object?)�3. How it accomplishes theme (how it develops message, lesson of text)
• “Quote”�1. How device is used�2. Why it is used�3. How it accomplishes theme
• “Quote”�1. How device is used�2. Why it is used�3. How it accomplishes theme

Book 16 Analysis

• Epic simile on 1244: what does this say about Odysseus’s family and close relations? How might this interaction of Eumaeus and Telemachus make Odysseus feel? What does Odysseus learn (about Telemachus) from their interaction?�
• All of the men are portrayed as extremely emotional in Book 16. What inspires each to show emotion? What is Homer’s purpose in contrasting man’s physical strength with such emotion? �
• Throughout The Odyssey, Homer repeatedly mentions sunrises and sunsets. What might the significance of this motif* be?�
• At what point does Telemachus finally believe the man standing before him is his father? Use text evidence to support your answer. How does this help characterize Odysseus as a father?�
• Predict why Odysseus wants to remain disguised as a beggar when he goes and sees the suitors. What might his plan be (I know you know the ending, but why a beggar)?

*Motif-recurring symbol, idea, image, feature within a text

Book XVII

Summary

Two readers (one per page)

Dramatic irony: what is it?

**Suspense: how is it built?

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Dramatic Irony

Suspense

Book XVII

Extended definition of family?

See Speak stuff

Definition Strategies: use at least two examples from The Odyssey

Origin: What are the roots of the word? How did word family first get introduced into our vocabulary? Has meaning changed over time? What has caused that change?

Comparison: How is family different from a friend, a neighbor, an acquaintance, a colleague, a teammate, etc? What is unique, special about family?

Details: What does being with family look, sound, smell like? What does a family believe? What does a family strive for? What does a family avoid? Be specific!

Negation: What do families NOT do? What do they not look, sound, act, like?

Anecdote/Example: Do you have a personal story of family (or from the story) you can share? Use pathos!

“wahbegan”

Read article closely

Answer three questions @ bottom of page 2

Book 17

Eumaeus claims “You know how servants are: without a master they have no will to labor, or excel. For Zeus who views the wide world takes away half the manhood of a man, that day he goes into captivity and slavery.” Do you agree or disagree with this quote? Explain in one MELT.

What is Argos’s condition when Odysseus sees him? In telling us how Odysseus’s dog is kept, what is Homer also telling us about conditions in Ithaca? What value of ancient Greece is represented by Argos?

“Back From War” article with questions

Odyssey in print summaries 16-20

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Main idea-your position while flipping the prompt��Evidence-example from story (with proper citation)��Link- explain evidence; connect it with your argument. Identify how/why it is similar and potential reasoning. What is the relationship between your example and your claim? This should be about two sentences.��Transition/conclusion-make the argument relevant to the audience �

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RADAR Revision: read four times through!

• Replace: word like things, stuff, you, I�
• Add:
• Detail to the �link: why use that device? What effect does that device have? What is purpose of that device? �
• Is it cited correctly? Keeley includes “full of adventure, of discovery”(3).
• Delete: repetitive ideas, words, phrases�
• Reorder: in MELT form?

In Edmund Keeley’s poem “Ithaka,” he conveys the theme of approach every obstacle as an opportunity. He claims, “And may you visit many Egyptian cities to gather stores of knowledge from their scholars” (23-24). This hyperbole is used to show the endless amount of knowledge one can get if they do take every chance given. Keeley used a hyperbole because he wants to exaggerate (in a favorable way) about the infinite amount of knowledge one can get from taking advantage of all opportunities-even if they seem unfortunate at the time. In conclusion, Keeley’s use of a hyperbole clearly achieves his goal in the poem “Ithaka.”

Keeley’s use of personification demonstrates that an adventurous and exciting journey is more significant than the destination when he includes, “And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you. Wise as you will have become, so full of experience” (35-36). Personification helps convey the message because when it talks about the island being a human it makes the phrase seem like the island is telling the person not to expect anything from the island, but instead the journey will give. Ithaka is offering advice to the traveler, and because Ithaka is the traveler’s home, he will respect her advice. The personification creates a confident and sage tone for the speaker.

Book 21

Read summary

Read at table groups.

I will read italics.

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“Skilled in all ways contending.” x II

Odysseus’s quote to defend Telemachus’s honor.

Book XXI: Visual Analysis!

• What three qualities are emphasized in this portrait on page 1251, and how do they compare with three qualities emphasized in Book XXI?
• How does the artist use detail to build suspense in the paining on 1254? Describe at least two elements!

Book XXI Analysis

What are dangers of retelling the story?

How has perception or point of view of Penelope been ignored?

Book 21 Analysis

• Analyze the visual on 1251 with questions on 1250�
• Why now has Penelope given up on Odysseus? Does she believe the beggar? What do you suppose her objective is in having the archery contest?�
• Reread the first spoken lines of Odysseus within the great hall after the archery competition. What does this show about the values of ancient Greece?�
• Why does Odysseus not explicitly reveal his identity at this time? How does this contrast his actions with the Cyclops in Book 9?�
• What line from the invocation is repeated in Book 21? What is the purpose of including this line in Book 21?

Book 22

Read summary

Four readers (one per page)

I will read italics.

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Vague Debate

• Odysseus should have taken Eurymachus up on his offer.�
• The suitors had every right to court Penelope.�
• Penelope knows the beggar is Odysseus.

Boxing Discussion

• Odysseus should have taken Eurymachus up on his offer.
• The suitors had every right to court Penelope.
• Penelope knows the beggar is Odysseus.

Boxing Rules:�

• No one from same side may speak consecutively.
• Acknowledge previous speaker; smooth transitions.
• No one may speak twice until everyone on a side has spoken once.
• Move if you are convinced!

Agree or disagree & why (quote/example from book)

What Makes a Hero?

Add definition strategies from Speak unit!

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How would you define a hero? Consider accomplishments and characteristics in your definition.

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Based on what you write, who are two people you fit your definition?

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Explain why each is so heroic.

Book 23

Preview

Three readers (one per page)

I will read italics

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Science Behind the Myth

Pick one element of the story and research it!

Epic-ness

Everything about an epic is big!

Consider plot (conflicts, journey), setting, character (heroic traits), language, or theme.

Which epic component do you consider most impressive in The Odyssey? ��Use three pieces of evidence (three examples from the story/three illustrations) to support your claim.

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Epic-ness

Main idea-your position while flipping the prompt: The most impressive epic component of The Odyssey is...�Evidence-example from story (with proper citation):The first epic peril of Odysseus is when … “Quote” (V.15-20).�Link- explain evidence; connect it with your argument. Elaborate on how/why this quote helps establish impressive epic. Transition to next idea. This struggle is the epitome of an epic battle because…�Evidence-example from story (with proper citation)�Link- explain evidence; connect it with your argument. Elaborate on how/why this quote helps establish impressive epic.Transition to next idea.

Evidence-example from story (with proper citation)�Link- explain evidence; connect it with your argument. Elaborate on how/why this quote helps establish impressive epic.�Transition/conclusion-make current or relevant connection; bring the discussion to today: While trophies are the norm in today’s competition, Odysseus's battles resulted in one thing only: returning to the woman he loved.

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“Penelope” by Dorothy Parker

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In the pathway of the sun,

In the footsteps of the breeze,

Where the world and sky are one,

He shall ride the silver seas,

He shall cut the glittering wave.

I shall sit at home, and rock;

Rise, to heed a neighbor's knock;

Brew my tea, and snip my thread;

Bleach the linen for my bed.

They will call him brave.

�Is the attitude toward Odysseus similar to or different from Penelope’s attitude in the Odyssey? Cite evidence for support.

MELT

Director’s Cut

Modern day interpretation

No Citation Citation

• Travel Booking Sites

Kayak

Google

Travelocity

• What do to (first 4)

• Research for final 2 �Bullet points

World Book**

Culturegrams**

Tourism Boards

Kennewick High→ Library→

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Works Cited Requirements

• Size 12 font
• Alphabetized
• With a hanging indent for > 1 line (see the arrow on the bottom right of the Paragraph section above-Special-hanging)
• Without any grey background (see the little arrow on the bottom right of the Styles section above-Clear Formatting)
• Title is centered on page as Works Cited in size 12 Times New Roman

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Timeline

In front lab today, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday

Due to PowerSchool by lunch on Thursday!

Assessment Practice

Page 1282

Reading Comprehension 1-7 1285

Vocabulary 1-8 1286

Revising and Editing 1-5 1287

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Why does Penelope listen to Odysseus?

Penelope finally recognizes Odysseus as her long-lost husband and Homer uses a simile to describe the moment (p. 360). ~What does the simile show about the relationship between Penelope and Odysseus?

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Epic Themes

The Odyssey has themes reflecting timelessness, the significance of home, courage/honor, good and evil, life and death.

Pick one of the topics listed above.

What is the theme (universal understanding) about this topic is Homer conveying? FInd at least two examples from the text to support your answer.

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MELELT

“Back From War, but Not Really Home”

Saved on drive

what does it mean to come home again after experiencing extreme danger, violence, sacrifice? NPR article on psychologist-LISTEN to it?!

Ulysses

Saved on drive

O Brother Where Art Thou-handout on c/c

Songs (link saved on chrome)

Compare and Contrast: Odyssey & O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Five similarities, five differences

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Develop two fully (in writing)

• Character(s)
• Penelope
• Sirens
• Odysseus
• Cyclops
• Telemachus
• Other
• Conflict (s)
• Cyclops
• Scylla
• Charybdis
• Setting (s)
• Underworld
• Ithaka
• Circe’s island
• Language
• Epic simile
• Epithets
• Repetition (“dawn with fingertips of rose”
• Plot

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Summative Assessment

Samples:

Lay & Paige

Oxford Debates!

• Seven debates
• Six are 2 v 2
• One is 3 v 3
• Own topics
• Work days Thursday, Friday, Tuesday
• Debate during finals on Friday (half with me, half with Nelson in LMC)